# char vs Cheri

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### char
*verb · IPA /t͡ʃɑː/ · frequency rank #15,585*
To burn something to charcoal; to be burnt to charcoal.

### Cheri
*name · IPA /ʃəˈɹiː/ · frequency rank #48,137*
A female given name originating as a coinage.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/char-vs-cheri